Here’s the contents of my travel first Aid Kit, combined from Maria Dewees’ class on Herbal First Aid at the BSHS and Hannah Spark’s course at Herbstalk in June of 2013. I also added and subtracted based on what my family usually gets into (our big four: ticks, poison ivy, cuts, burns).

• Essential oils of Lavender and Oregano (for the burns and ticks, respectively)
• Yarrow flower and leaf, dried (cuts)
• All-Purpose Salve
• Chamomile teabags
• Ace Bandages, butterflies, gauze pads, 2 kinds of tape and cheesecloth
• Mini scissors
• Tweezers (ticks again, and splinters)
• Tick Hell (glass jar half-full of rubbing alcohol)
• Activated charcoal
• Small vial of Hydrogen Peroxide
• Coldpack, snap kind
• Disposable gloves
• Ziplock baggie with flannel wipes
• Mini antiseptic spritz for wipes or solo
• Eye cup
• Flashlight
• Pain tincture of Passionflower, Wild lettuce, California poppy, Indian Pipe, Skullcap

• Tourniquet
• Cayenne
• Lancet
• Magnifying lens 10x
• Lighter
• Razor blades
• Soap
• Thermometer
• Kloss’s Linament
• Duct tape
• Essential oils of Tea Tree, Frankincense, Rosemary, Helichrysum
• Rescue Remedy Flower Essence
• Homeopathic Arnica 6x, Carbo vegetibilis, Symphytum belladonna, Urtica-urens, Hypericum, Rhus tox
• 4 First-Aid Teas to keep on hand: Thyme, Lavender, Yarrow, Marshmallow